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Tex. Transp. Code § 601.338

EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR SUSPENSION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION OF OWNER OF MOTOR VEHICLE

Known as the Texas Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act

The act spans §§ 601.001 to 601.455 (104 sections).

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff

(a) The department shall suspend the driver's license and vehicle registrations of the owner of a motor vehicle that was used with the owner's consent by another person at the time of an offense resulting in conviction or a plea of guilty, if under state law the department:

(1) suspends or revokes the driver's license of the other person on receipt of a record of a conviction; or

(2) suspends the vehicle registration of the other person on receipt of a record of a plea of guilty.

(b) The department may not suspend the driver's license and vehicle registration of an owner under this section if the owner files and maintains evidence of financial responsibility with the department for each motor vehicle registered in the name of the owner.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.